Filipino-Chinese resident and a member of the Philippine Snake Society Patrick Cocabo kisses his pet, a rare two-year old coral sun glow snake on the eve of Lunar New Year celebrations in Mandaluyong. ERIK DE CASTRO/REUTERS

Dancers perform a fire dragon dance in a shower of molten iron which sparks like fireworks during a folk art performance to celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year at an amusement park in Beijing. KIM KYUNG-HOON/REUTERS